【正文】 ues, we should expand our coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs.　Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.　　　　　Two years ago, radio station WCQP in Rockville decided to increase the number of callin advice programs that it broadcast。 to refer to either butter or margarine.　　Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.　　　In surveys Mason City residents rank water sports (swimming, boating, and fishing) among their favorite recreational activities. The Mason River flowing through the city is rarely used for these pursuits, however, and the city park department devotes little of its budget to maintaining riverside recreational facilities. For years there have been plaints from residents about the quality of the river39。s conclusion about Tertian village culture must be invalid. Some anthropologists remend that to obtain accurate information on Tertian childrearing practices, future research on the subject should be conducted via the interviewcentered method.　Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the remendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the remendation.　　　　The council of Maple County, concerned about the county39。s enrollment is growing and, based on current trends, will double over the next 50 years, thus making existing dormitory space inadequate. Moreover, the average rent for an apartment in our town has risen in recent years. Consequently, students will find it increasingly difficult to afford offcampus housing. Finally, attractive new dormitories would make prospective students more likely to enroll at Buckingham.　　　Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.　　　　Nature39。 by discontinuing the children39。s arctic regions. They search for food by moving over ice from island to island during the course of the year. Their habitat is limited to areas warm enough to sustain the plants on which they feed and cold enough, at least some of the year, for the ice to cover the sea separating the islands, allowing the deer to travel over it. Unfortunately, according to reports from local hunters, the deer populations are declining. Since these reports coincide with recent global warming trends that have caused the sea ice to melt, we can conclude that the purported decline in deer populations is the result of the deer39。s $144,000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: ten years ago I listed my home with Fitch, and it took more than four months to sell。Each Argument topic consists of a passage that presents an argument followed by specific task instructions that tell you how to analyze the argument. The wording of some topics in the test might vary slightly from what is presented here. Also, because there may be multiple versions of some topics with similar or identical wording but with different task instructions, it is very important to read your test topic and its specific task directions carefully and respond to the wording as it appears in the actual test.　　Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a Palean basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the socalled Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.　　Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.　　　The following appeared as part of a letter to the editor of a scientific journal.　A recent study of eighteen rhesus monkeys provides clues as to the effects of birth order on an individual39。 revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch and included home sales that averaged $168,000, pared to Fitch39。s town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals.　　　Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the remendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the remendation.　　　Arctic deer live on islands in Canada39。 would attract more customers. Space could be made for the caf233。.　　Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the remendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the remendation.　　　　　The following appeared in a memo from the director of student housing at Buckingham College.　To serve the housing needs of our students, Buckingham College should build a number of new dormitories. Buckingham39。s schoolchildren represent a new generation of potential customers: these schoolchildren are required to participate in a fitnessforlife program, which emphasizes the benefits of regular exercise at an early age.　　　Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implicatio